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New Zealand Settler Ships - Duke of Roxburgh (8 February 1840)

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  • William Thomas (1805 - 1886)
    Came to NZ on SS Duke of Roxburgh, 1840, with wife and 4 chn * Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : Sep 20 2020, 7:04:27 UTC
  • Sarah Sally Thomas (1810 - 1850)
    Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : Sep 20 2020, 7:04:27 UTC
  • Catherine Eddy Judd (1839 - 1918)
    Came to NZ on SS Duke of Roxburgh, 1840, aged 5 months* Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother Michael Thomas by SmartCopy : Jan 24 2015, 11:35:15 UTC
  • Eliza Robins Hawke (1835 - 1915)
    Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother Michael Thomas by SmartCopy : Jan 24 2015, 11:35:15 UTC
  • Henry Eddy Michael Thomas (1837 - 1867)
    Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother Michael Thomas by SmartCopy : Jan 24 2015, 11:35:15 UTC

The barque, “Duke of Roxburgh,” 417 tons, commanded by Capt. James Thomson, with Dr. Francis Healy as surgeon superintendent, sailed from Plymouth on the 5th October, 1839, and arrived at Port Nicholson on the 8th February, 1840. There were 25 married couples, 12 single men, 16 single women, 10 children between nine and fourteen, 29 between one and nine and 9 under one year. Following is the passenger list:—

Cabin Passengers

  • Bills
    • W
  • Davis
    • Mr
  • Healy
    • Francis 39 Surgeon Superintendent
    • Wife 32
    • John Francis 10
    • Catherine Bedelia F. 9
    • Francis 8
    • Michael Infant
  • Healy
    • John F. 18 Brother or Nephew to Francis Healy Snr
  • Monteith
    • Dr George Dalrymple 32
    • Elizabeth 31
    • George Dalrymple 7
    • Jacob 5
    • Elizabeth 4
    • Lucy Eleanor Infant
  • Parnell
    • Samuel Duncan 27
    • Wife 27
  • Pierce
    • John 38
    • Wife 37

Steerage Passengers

  • Baker
    • Henry 24 Butcher
    • Wife 19
    • Daughter Infant Born at sea
  • Bassett
    • William 28 Shoemaker & Sawyer
    • Wife 26
    • Emma Rooke 11 months
    • Son Infant Born at sea
  • Bryant
    • James 27 Gardener Assistant to Surgeon
    • Mary Anne 24
  • Clarke
    • Emma 23 Servant to Monteith
  • Connor
    • Catherine 24 Servant to Healing
  • Cooking
    • Elizabeth 15
  • Cooking
    • William 16
  • Cundy
    • Charles 24 Labourer
    • Ann 29
  • Farrar
    • Alfred 35
  • Fowler
    • John 30 Farm Labourer Servant to Peirce
    • Wife 29
    • Priscilla 8
  • Gilbert
    • William 35 Farmer
    • Wife 26
    • Philip 6
    • William 4 months Died at sea
  • Gomm
    • William 27
    • Wife 24
  • Goswell
    • John 20 Mason
  • Greenwood
    • James 21
  • Hartley
    • Mary 15 Sempstress
  • Hartley
    • Stephen 47 Cutler & Gunsmith
    • Wife 45
    • Stephen Jnr 16 Cutler & Gunsmith
  • Hawke
    • William 32 Labourer
    • Wife 36
    • William Cocking 16 Labourer
    • Elizabeth Cocking 15 Sempstress May have stayed in England
    • John 4
    • Son Infant Born at sea
  • Hebden
    • Mary Jane 20 Servant to Pierce
  • Hight
    • R. 28
    • Wife 28
    • Charles Infant
  • Hunter
    • Barbara 42 Servant to Mr Hunter
  • Hunter
    • George 52
    • Helen 42
    • Jessie 19
    • George 18
    • Margaret 16
    • Helen J. 14
    • Isabella 13
    • Frances 12
    • David 11
    • William Henry 9
    • Catherine Mary 7
    • Robert 6
  • Jackson
    • James 30
    • Wife 25
  • Jeffery
    • Joseph 25 Farmer
    • Wife 29
    • Mary 3
  • Knight
    • William 39 Miner
    • Mary Ann 36
    • Mary Anne 12
    • James 8
    • John 6
    • Henry 3
    • Samuel 7 months
  • Lloyd
    • Frederick Augustus 19 Clerk
  • Lloyd
    • Henry 21
  • Lyon
    • William 33
  • May
    • James Farm Labourer Possibly died at sea
    • Wife Possibly died at sea
  • Poad
  • Prouse
    • Richard 42 Labourer, lime burner & shoe maker.
    • Mary 44
    • Mary 20 Servant
    • Sarah 18 Servant
    • William 15
    • Richard 10
    • Susan Osborne 9
    • Thomas 6
  • Reading
    • John Brown 26 Smith & Carpenter Servant to Pierce
    • Wife 27
    • George 2
    • Ellen 8 mths
  • Reynolds
    • Jane 22 Dressmaker
  • Roberts
    • Philip 36 Miner
    • Wife 34
    • Jonathan 15 Labourer
    • Mary Anne 12
    • Philip 10
    • Jane 6 Died at sea
    • Child Infant Born at sea
  • Roberts
    • William 35 Miner
    • Elizabeth 35
    • Mary 18 Servant
    • Sophia 16 Servant
    • Elizabeth 15 Servant
    • Thomas 11
    • Priscilla 5
    • Keziah 2
    • William Infant Born at sea
  • Rule
    • James 27 Miner
    • Wife 22
    • James Oliver 11 months
    • Daughter Infant Born at sea
  • Scott
    • George 30
    • Wife 30
  • Smith
    • Frederick 49 Mason
    • Wife 50
    • Daniel Thomas 25 Mason
    • Thomas 19 Mason
    • Samuel 17 Mason
    • Mary 15 Sempstress
    • John 9
  • Stephens
    • William 50 Carpenter Widower
  • Stephens
    • John 19 Carpenter
  • Thomas
  • Tucker
    • Josias 36 Blacksmith
    • Wife 32
    • William H. 8
    • Eliza Ann 6
    • Samuel J. 3
    • Josias 1
    • Daughter Infant Born at sea
  • Turtley
    • Arthur 26 Gardener
    • Wife 30
    • Eliza 3
    • Josiah 2
    • Jane Eliza 8 months
  • Udy
  • U'Ren
    • Thomas 27 Stonemason
    • Margaret 30
    • Robert Honos 2
    • Harriet Gertrude 1
    • Gertrude Wills Infant Born at sea 31/01/1840
  • Williams
    • James 42 Tailor
    • Katherine 40
    • Isabella 22 Sempstress
    • Richard 20 Carpenter & Wheelwright
    • Mary Ann 18 Sempstress
    • Elizabeth 15 Sempstress
    • William Osborne 12
    • Caroline 9
    • Benjamin 2
    • Joseph 2 Died at sea
  • Woodward
    • Samuel Jnr 27 Carpenter & Toolmaker
    • Rose 17